Obama can take credit for several foreign-policy triumphs, but he has failed to revive the moribund Mideast peace process. Arguments for why it can’t be done crumble against the imperative of American presidential leadership.
As things stand, if Iran continues on its path toward obtaining the bomb, Israel will strike, and the consequences would be disastrous for the entire world. Here's how America can convince Israel to live with a nuclear Iran.
Iraq is not yesterday’s war. If Obama withdraws too quickly, the tenuous peace will collapse.
Abbas sits atop a newly invigorated Palestinian Authority; the West Bank is completely secure. They want peace but will adopt a one-state solution if Netanyahu turns his back on Palestinian progress. Israel must act now.
The United States has been a surprisingly ineffectual Middle East peacemaker. Clinton’s overenthusiasm and Bush’s lack of interest caused us to lose our credibility with both Israel and Palestine.
America and the Continent may find themselves once again a united force to be reckoned with by the rest of the world. But the odds are grim.
The principles of transformationalism—idealism spread by the barrel of a gun—have been central to America’s foreign-policy failings over the last eight years. With a new leadership in power, Washington has a chance to right past wrongs. But that w
Anti-Semitism is on the march in Europe. But the European’s new turn toward isolationism goes even further than that.
Iraq may be emerging from intensive care, but it could use a bit more stitching up.
Saving Iraq and Afghanistan will require some extensive operations.